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09-11-2013, 01:20 AM
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Updated: 11/08/2013 20:27 | By Channel NewsAsia
MDA will block access to Ashley Madison website
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SINGAPORE: The Media Development Authority (MDA) said it will not allow the Ashley Madison website to operate in Singapore.
MDA has worked with the Internet Service Providers to block access to the site.
In a statement on Friday evening, MDA said it is against the public interest to allow Ashley Madison to promote its website in flagrant disregard of family values and public morality.
MDA said the government adopts a pragmatic and light-touch approach to regulating Internet content.
The Internet Code of Practice allows MDA to work with Internet Service Providers to block certain sites which contain prohibited content.
But MDA recognises that site blocking is not a perfect way of denying access to prohibited content as it can be circumvented.
MDA added that there are many sites with undesirable content on the Internet and it is not practical to block every one of them.
It therefore blocks a limited number of sites as a symbolic statement of the types of content which the community is opposed to.
MDA said the Ashley Madison website however stands out as it aggressively promotes and facilitates extramarital affairs and has declared that it will specifically target Singaporeans.
It noted that the website founder had given an interview to a local newspaper and apparently said he intends to fly into Singapore to launch the Singapore site in the week of November 17.
The National Family Council (NFC) welcomes the move by MDA to block Ashley Madison from launching in Singapore.
NFC said it has been consistent in taking a firm stand against the website since news broke in October that it plans to launch a local edition.
It said it believes that such websites are detrimental to the foundations of a family.
NFC added it does not welcome any website that undermines the trust and commitment in a marriage. - CNA/nd/xq
Click here to view the whole thread at www.sammyboy.com (http://www.sammyboy.com/showthread.php?167940-Don-t-they-know-there-are-a-couple-of-tricks-to-workaround-this-blockage&goto=newpost).
Updated: 11/08/2013 20:27 | By Channel NewsAsia
MDA will block access to Ashley Madison website
http://sin.stb.s-msn.com/i/3C/243EA6E7D94F1B20B9B56BEA89624.jpg
SINGAPORE: The Media Development Authority (MDA) said it will not allow the Ashley Madison website to operate in Singapore.
MDA has worked with the Internet Service Providers to block access to the site.
In a statement on Friday evening, MDA said it is against the public interest to allow Ashley Madison to promote its website in flagrant disregard of family values and public morality.
MDA said the government adopts a pragmatic and light-touch approach to regulating Internet content.
The Internet Code of Practice allows MDA to work with Internet Service Providers to block certain sites which contain prohibited content.
But MDA recognises that site blocking is not a perfect way of denying access to prohibited content as it can be circumvented.
MDA added that there are many sites with undesirable content on the Internet and it is not practical to block every one of them.
It therefore blocks a limited number of sites as a symbolic statement of the types of content which the community is opposed to.
MDA said the Ashley Madison website however stands out as it aggressively promotes and facilitates extramarital affairs and has declared that it will specifically target Singaporeans.
It noted that the website founder had given an interview to a local newspaper and apparently said he intends to fly into Singapore to launch the Singapore site in the week of November 17.
The National Family Council (NFC) welcomes the move by MDA to block Ashley Madison from launching in Singapore.
NFC said it has been consistent in taking a firm stand against the website since news broke in October that it plans to launch a local edition.
It said it believes that such websites are detrimental to the foundations of a family.
NFC added it does not welcome any website that undermines the trust and commitment in a marriage. - CNA/nd/xq
Click here to view the whole thread at www.sammyboy.com (http://www.sammyboy.com/showthread.php?167940-Don-t-they-know-there-are-a-couple-of-tricks-to-workaround-this-blockage&goto=newpost).